xi, 431 p. : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-399) and index

pt. I. The child labor problem: introduction: child Labor as a social and economic problem -- Industrialization of child labor -- Child labor reform: the change after the change -- pt. II. Child labor in America: children in the coal mines -- Light manufacturing: children in the glasshouses -- Cotton textiles: herod of industries -- Tenement homework: birthplace of the sweatshop -- The street trades -- Agriculture and food processing -- pt. III. Child labor's legacy: America and child labor today -- Global child labor: past as prologue

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